The Chancellor of a Major University Was Concerned About Alcohol

question 1

Multiple Choice

The chancellor of a major university was concerned about alcohol abuse on her campus and wanted to find out the proportion of students at her university who visited campus bars on the weekend before the final exam week. Her assistant took a random sample of 250 students and computed the portion of students in the sample who visited campus bars on the weekend before the final exam. The portion of all students at her university who visited campus bars on the weekend before the final exam week is an example of

• A) a parameter.
• B) a discrete random variable.
• C) a categorical random variable.
• D) a continuous random variable.

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Definitions:

Compulsory Heterosexuality

The societal assumption and enforcement of heterosexuality as the norm, to the exclusion of other sexual orientations.

Heteronormativity

A cultural bias in favor of opposite-sex relationships and identities, assuming this to be the only normal and natural option for all individuals.

Heterosexuality

A sexual orientation characterized by an attraction to people of the opposite sex.

Asexual

A person who does not experience sexual attraction to any group of people.